Quotes on Encouragement

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain Quote Details

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The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli Quote Details

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I will laud my enemies and they will become friends; I will encourage my friends and they will become brothers. Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs. Og Mandino Quote Details

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Henceforth will I shed only tears of sweat, for those of sadness or frustration are of no value in the market place whilst each smile can be exchanged for gold and each kind word, spoken from my heart, can build a castle. Og Mandino Quote Details

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Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is. Blaise Pascal Quote Details

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The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him. Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Details

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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Albert Schweitzer Quote Details

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There's an imbalance between encouragement and discouragement like that between gaining and losing money. Most people overvalue negative amounts of money: they'll work much harder to avoid losing a dollar than to gain one. Similarly, though there are plenty of people strong enough to resist doing something just because that's what one is supposed to do where they happen to be, there are few strong enough to keep working on something no one around them cares about. Paul Graham Quote Details

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False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose. Sam Harris Quote Details

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[I]f we are convinced that a friend has taken a wrong turn in life, it is no sign of friendship to simply smile and wave him onward. Sam Harris Quote Details

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Children are accustomed to a continual stream of criticisms and praise, but adults can go weeks without a compliment while enduring criticism both at work and at home. Adults are starved for a kind word. When you understand the power of honest praise (as opposed to bullshitting, flattery, and sucking up), you realize that withholding it borders on immoral. If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise. Scott Adams Quote Details

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